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Well the scattered thunderstorms expected to be dancing around San Antonio on Thursday did indeed dance around the city and spare them from some evening downpours. What was most surprising was that the temperature spiked to 87 degrees, which was pecular when delving deeper into the data. It went form 82 to at 2pm to 87 at 236pm down to 84 at 3pm. Not sure what caused the spike, maybe a bit of an extended period of sun amongst the mostly cloudy skies? Who knows. All we know is that Accuweather took home a narrow victory.

Today we head off to the heart of Texas where some of my relatives reside, San Antonio! As we draw closer and closer to summer, let’s see how warm it’s getting down in the Lone Star State!

At 953pm CDT, the temperature at San Antonio, TX was 72 degrees under overcast skies. While high pressure is pushing south from the Northern High Plains, a mid-level disturbance is working its way through CO/NM and looks to swing through TX over the next 24 hours. Scattered storms are already firing over Western TX and look to push eastward throughout the day, bringing some inclement weather to the San Antonio weather in the afternoon and early-evening hours. It’s a quick moving system so the area should be cleared by late evening as high pressure continues to build over the state overnight into Wednesday. Wednesday will be warmer and sunny, so a pleasant day looks to be in the store as dew points will be 15-20 degrees lower than Tuesday! Enjoy!

During the forecast for San Antonio, we took a hard look at the system currently raging through the Tennessee Valley, bringing showers and thunderstorms to that part of the world. Would it dig south enough to bring any discernible change to the weather down that way? Well, yes. The boundary did bring more cloud. It brought a taste of rain. And the temperatures were a shade cooler on Monday than they were on Sunday. All of this played right into my hands. Victoria-Weather anticipated a bit cooler pattern, staying in the mid to 80s for highs, rather than going for the gusto like other outlets.
Actuals: Sunday – High 86, Low 62
Monday – Trace of rain, High 82, Low 67

There wasn’t anything particularly organized in Texas over the last couple of days, or at least nothing that gave that impression. There was a jet pressing into the Gulf Coast, with the weakest of waves across Texas. It produced a faint bit of showers over Texas on Thursday and Friday, with deeper convection coming further south than San Antonio. Yes, it’s San Antonio we are here to discuss, by the way. There was only a trace of rain to finish off the week, but it fell on both days, throwing a few forecasts awry. The forecast temperatures weren’t staggeringly different across the board, which meant the static high temperature had about the same impact on any forecaster. WeatherNation ended up narrowly edging the rest of the field.
Actuals: Thursday – High 80, Low 64
Friday – High 80, Low 67

Another day, another road trip here at Victoria-Weather. This is a fun one if you like trips through the high plains. Something of a surprise to me, it will only be a 2 day drive, which will cover 1194 miles in total. The drive will cover ground at a relaxed pace at 63.4mph, which will net a total mileage of 507 miles on Wednesday, with a longer day on Friday. I like the Plains. Let’s see how the weather is.

DAY ONE (Thursday)
A weak area of low pressure is going to be developing overnight across Texas, but its greatest impact will be across the Gulf Coast. There will be a threat for an isolated shower or storm over central Texas and only a bit of light rain over the western portion of the state. Even then, that light rain won’t be great in coverage. The best threat for rain will be early in drive, from about San Antonio to Sweetwater, but there may be a more convective storm into Amarillo. Don’t count on it, though. Our day will end on the north side of Amarillo. not even out of Texas!

DAY TWO (Friday)
High pressure over the northern Plains will be sinking to the south, carrying some cold air with it. This means there will be a swath of mixed precipitation on our route. There may be some fog and drizzle through the rest of our drive through the Texas Panhandle, followed by a break in southeastern Colorado, but then from Kit Carson to the Nebraska border, and particularly around Akron, expect rain changing to snow. We’ll get north of this region of mixed precipitation and the Nebraska Panhandle and South Dakota Black Hills will be dry but mostly cloudy. Check out Mount Rushmore while in Rapid City!

Another trek, this time a little longer than the one we went on yesterday. We’re going for 2 1/2 days, from eastern North Carolina to South Texas, covering about 1465 miles. Our pace will be quite brisk, at 68.3mph, which will lead to pretty expansive days, covering 546 miles, covering the rest of the drive on Friday. That’s a lot of driving! Let’s see what happens on these geographically vast adventures.

DAY ONE (Tuesday)
There is a heretofore inactive cold front sliding east towards the Appalachians, and it will near our route as we head westward. We will generally stay to the south of the boundary, but there is a good chance we will see temperatures and dew points on the rise no matter where we go. Expect a few clouds across the LaGrange, Georgia area as we finish our day, but no significant weather concerns. Maybe traffic issues in Atlanta, but no weather issues.

DAY TWO (Wednesday)
We’ll be off with no issues from LaGrange, and until we reach the Mobile area. After that point, we will be dodging thunderstorms for the rest of the way as we head west along the Coast. Some of the storms will be heavy, but the nature of the supporting atmospheric conditions suggests that none of the activity will be severe, but it will be very heavy at times. Southern Louisiana is very stormy and always catches these sea breeze storms the worst, so when we stop in Jennings, between Lafayette and Lake Charles, it may be in a downpour.

DAY THREE (Thursday)
A weak area of low pressure moving into southern Texas suggests that, unlike normal, our storm activity in the Gulf region will continue overnight. That means there will still be a few showers and storms as we get underway on Thursdat morning, and that activity will be possible all the way into San Antonio. The rain and thunder will be lighter than it was on Wednesday, but will nevertheless be a constant threat until we reach San Antonio.

San Antonio is a very nice town. I’ve never been, but I’ve never heard a bad word about it.

At 951PM, CT, San Antonio was reporting a temperature of 76 degrees with partly cloudy skies. The state of Texas was under a humid dome of high pressure, but they will remain dry in the most literal sense of the word, even if not atmospherically. A strong area of low pressure over the Northern Plains is producing a cold front that is faintly visible on satellite from southern Missouri to southern New Mexico.
A jet streak riding the Gulf coast will flare up with the advance of the presently weak boundary overnight tonight. As the boundary moves to the coast, it will detatch from the low over the Great Lakes and stall as a coastal trough enhanced by the jet. At the back edge of the jet, a trough will form over northern Mexico, shifting towards Texas. While Wednesday looks as though it will be in good shape, nascent low pressure across Texas will produce scattered showers and storms over the Lone Star State, as well as along the Gulf Coast on Thursday afternoon.
Tomorrow – Mostly sunny. High 82, Low 61
Thursday – Scattered showers and storms, especially later in the day, High 77, Low 66

What a pleasant pair of days for San Antonio. Sure, highs in the mid 80s aren’t terribly unusual, even at this time of year, but what makes the day a winner is the fact that the lows were merely in the 50s. That’s downright sleepable. The forecasts nailed the warm day time highs and the pleasant overnight lows pretty well, but Accuweather and WeatherNation tied on top of the leader board.
Actuals: Sunday – High 84, Low 59
Monday – High 85, Low 55

It’s only one day from south Texas to the Florida Panhandle. San Antonio is about due west of Pensacola, but a little to the south. It’s an easier drive than it seems like it should be. Google tells us it will be a little shy of 10 ½ hours, covering 720 miles at about 69mph. That’s a hot pace. Let’s make our way through the Gulf Coast.

It says this drive will be 10 ½ hours at a pace of nearly 70mph, but with our passage right through the heart of Houston, after starting in the heart of San Antonio, I have to find that a little hard to believe. We won’t have any issues with the radar, though, as we will be passing through the southern edge of a very strong ridge of high pressure that’s been parked over the center of the country. Here might be a little bit of onshore flow through southern Louisiana, but at worst, that will bean some high clouds. Really, it will be a good day to drive through the southern United States.

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